The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 523 proposal rejected

At this time, Almond was too excited. He had an absolutely superior force in his hands. Compared with the [-]th Division, which relied on their legs and used backward weapons and equipment, their weapons and equipment were even more sophisticated, especially when they dispatched today. All his Army Aviation aircraft.

Just now, a pilot who came back from a squadron was complaining to the chief of the radar station chief that he was too tired these days. From now on, there will be no rest days. Almond ignored him. The current priority is to encircle the [-]th Division Heavy.

Major Rolle's reinforced battalion was raiding the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division. The battle was quite fierce. First two positions were taken, but another piece was just snatched by the [-]th Regiment. Almond reported on their battalion's latest attack.

It's just that this time Almond found him personally. After all, he had met him once, and he was also very concerned about the situation of the grassroots unit where this young man was. , I also want to comfort Luo Er, who has just been punished, by actively coming to the door.

In the past, he basically didn't know the situation below the division level, but considering the recent intensification of the war situation, all lines have fallen into difficult and bitter battles, and Almond also cared more about his soldiers. Recently, the first marine division has improved its food.

In the evening, each person added an extra piece of fried turkey leg to the meal. Major Rolle also gave face to the Road Army, and even the First Marine Division, and did not make a small report. When it was time for dinner, Almond also invited Major Rolle. dine together.

By the way, during the meal, simply hold a short meeting.

This is also his purpose.

Small talk at the dinner table.

For this simple meal, there were several plates of cake and cheese on the white table, a medium-rare steak for each person, various simple meals, and even red wine from Almond's collection. With a bright luster, the red wine inside adds a bit of color.

Apart from the staff officers of the Tenth Army, Almond and Major Rolle were at the table.

Almond looked at the red wine on the table and said, "Who ordered these red wines."

A combat staff officer said: "Your Excellency, I want it."

Almond said: "Well, thank you, yes, I should drink some today." After speaking, he picked up the red wine and wanted to pour some into Major Roll's empty glass himself.

Major Rolle said hurriedly: "No, no, Your Excellency, I will do it myself."

Almond forcibly poured it for him, and the combat staff officer was very surprised. The army commander poured wine for a major, which is really rare in the army.

Almond said: "Your Marine Regiment fought really well today. Today you represent our regiment. I'll pour you a drink as a temporary commendation. I hope you will continue to work hard and try to eat up this group of enemies. .”

Major Rolle looked very embarrassed, and quickly explained: "Your Excellency General, this is definitely the first time you pour wine for a battalion commander in the Tenth Army. How can I accept such a gift."

Almond shook his head and said, "Young man, stop being polite to me. It makes me very uncomfortable. Am I so strict with my subordinates? In addition, this glass of wine is not only for yourself, but also for you." To the brave and fearless soldiers of your marine regiment."

What he said was so weighty that Major Rolle dared not say anything more.

After a pause, Almond continued: "By the way, how is the food in your group?"

Major Rolle replied: "Thanks to the general's care, everything is fine. Although my soldiers consume a lot of physical energy every day, they can eat well. Their physical energy lost on the battlefield has also been quickly replenished. General, please rest assured." .”

Almond nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Well, that's good. If you have anything, you can come to me directly in the future. You will be with me today, and you will return to the team tomorrow. In addition, tell me about your relationship with me." Knowledge of the enemy's situation."

Major Rolle inserted a piece of steak with a fork, held the knife in the other hand, and slid it gently, cut a small piece of steak and put it in his mouth to chew carefully, wiped his mouth for a while, and said: "My The opponent in the offensive position is the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division. From the time of the siege to the present, their spiritual will seems not to have weakened in the slightest, but instead seems to have strengthened. Once, I personally led a charge, and their strength was not much. , but the fighting power is very tenacious. When the bullets run out, we use stones. Our soldiers rushed to the position, and they rushed out of the trenches to fight us with bayonets. We knew that they had no ammunition, but we still attacked twice. , In the end they bit our soldiers with their teeth and put their fingers in the eyes of our soldiers, they were just going crazy."

He sighed and said: "The state of the Chinese army is even more tenacious than the Japanese army stationed on Iwo Jima at that time. It's incredible. I can't even imagine how strong their spiritual will is now. Our cannons, The planes failed to tear them apart. Our soldiers trampled their positions. They were left with only two or three people. They still did not retreat. They still charged at our soldiers. They didn't even have guns, holding stones , grabbing the soil."

"General, this Chinese army is really too tenacious."

Almond listened carefully to Major Rolle's answer, secretly surprised in his heart.

The combat staff interjected: "Judging from the data given by the intelligence department, this army should have been out of food for several days, and their logistics did not send them a grain of food, and their transportation route was quite blocked by our army." Strict, this is undoubtedly fighting a trapped beast, and it should be the last fight."

After hearing what they said, Almond put down his knife and fork, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Give me an order to let the divisions slow down their attack speed and adopt the method of gradually encroaching. The [-]th Division is already determined to win. Don’t think too aggressively. The long-range artillery must continue to work at night. They cannot be given a little time to rest. If the human body’s sleep cannot be guaranteed, it will be more like a sharp knife piercing the body, no matter how strong their will and spirit are. No matter how tenacious they are, their bodies will not be able to support them to continue."

For the Tenth Army, the battle was also quite fierce. Almond no longer ordered the troops to attack in an aggressive manner, but chose a steady and steady approach. This approach is the same as that adopted by the reactionaries to encircle and suppress the Red Army. Surround without fighting , build bunkers, move forward slowly, and finally eat away the encircled enemies step by step.

At this time, a bearded colonel walked in, and he said to Almond, "I'm sorry, General, to disturb your meal."

Almond waved his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said, "No, we've almost eaten enough, if you have anything to say, just say it."

The bearded man replied: "Your Excellency, the air force is not in a very good mood now. Many pilots are too tired and asked to stop flying in the afternoon. They need to rest. If they are not given time to rest, they will die."

This is a bad thing, Almond looked a little calm, and Major Rolle at the dining table didn't dare to say anything. He looked at the white dining table in front of him, thinking about other things, and Almond's voice came from his ear. : "Oh, ok, I'll go to the airport right now, cheer up this group of lads, just hold on for another two days."

After a pause, he called Major Rolle again: "Major Rolle, you also go with me."

Major Rolle stood up immediately, "Yes, Your Excellency General, shall we set off now?"

Almond said, "Yes, immediately."

It is very important to take care of the mood of this group of aviation soldiers. This is related to the next battle. He can't use the air force in the rear. The four divisions of the Tenth Army encircled and suppressed a Chinese division. They fought for a few days. There is no progress at all, if Li Qiwei who just forgave him finds out about this, even if he doesn't say anything, other thoughts will arise in his heart.

Whether he can continue to serve as the commander of the Tenth Army, Almond is not sure, but he will never let this happen.

Not only is it related to his position, but also his reputation. Almond can't be too sloppy. This is why Almond is a corporal. His own people still maintained a superior attitude, Li Qiwei made a little investigation, and knowing his own situation, he guessed that he would not be able to be the commander of the Tenth Army.

Based on various reasons, Almond believes that he must make some major changes.

At night, the area around the division headquarters was still full of artillery fire, and stray bullets often landed on the headquarters and exploded.

The long-range artillery of the U.S. military is usually covered by firepower. After one coordinate, it will have complete firepower coverage. The accuracy is lacking, and it is impossible to achieve precise strikes on the positions of the volunteers, especially when the distance between the enemy and us is only one or two kilometers. The stray bullets will even fall on their own positions. Therefore, if long-range artillery wants to cover them, they need their own people to retreat back, and when they attack in turn, the Chinese army may have rebuilt the fortifications on the position.

Not as accurate as heavy artillery.

It’s just that the heavy artillery is crossing the Nujiang River now. The water in the Nujiang River is tumbling, the current is fast, the number of heavy artillery is large, and the tonnage is large. It is almost impossible to cross the river in a short time. They can only use long-range artillery to cover and harass at night, and use infantry and small-caliber mortars to attack during the day.

The battles at the defensive points of the whole division became more intense, and some positions had been fought over and over again for no less than ten times, and the troops were once again caught in a bitter battle.

The US 24th Division captured Jiancun in the early morning. The US [-]th Division broke through some positions of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division in Xishangli and Wukou Nanli. This regiment had four battalion-level cadres, and nearly a thousand soldiers were captured by the enemy. Well, the previous commander of the [-]th Division was the current commander of the [-]th Division, Mr. Zheng.

This time the U.S. Seventh Division smashed the [-]th Regiment, causing this unit to suffer the most severe blow ever since the War of Liberation. The battle was unprecedentedly tragic and the losses were huge.

Master Zheng still doesn't know that the current orders of his old troops are the same as those of the [-]th Division. It still needs to be strictly enforced.

At present, the front positions of all the troops have been lost. At night, the [-]th Regiment lost Jiguan Mountain, and the large troops of the Sixth Korean Division also passed through Jiguan Mountain to continue their interspersed and roundabout tasks. Originally, the [-]th Division faced surrounded The enemy, in fact, there is still a large mountain that has not been occupied by the enemy, and now with the maneuvering of the [-]th Han Division, this last gap has also been blocked, and the [-]th Division is now completely surrounded on all sides. In less than a day, such a huge change has taken place. The enemy's movements are too fast, completely beyond the expectations of our army commanders.

"There is also a reason for the untimely transmission of intelligence. We do not have advanced tools to obtain enemy intelligence. The frontline enemy information is all run out by scouts with their legs."

Deputy Commander Duan sat on the stool and said to Xia Yuan: "You have also seen the current situation. The situation of the [-]th Division is completely dangerous. Previously, the [-]th Regiment, the [-]th Regiment and the [-]th Regiment each blocked one side. , more than enough, and now that the last gap has been closed, the enemy is all around us, and there are heavy troops, and we have no extra troops to stop the enemy."

The whole division was blocked in the area south of Zhiyan-ri, surrounded tightly, and could not get out at all. Even their retreat, the defense line of the Han River, was jointly defended by the rest of the US Seventh Division and the rest of the Han Sixth Division.

Xia Yuan said: "Untimely information transmission is indeed a problem. Don't we have a better solution? For example, use the enemy's communication equipment?"

He remembered that he had captured a lot of enemy stuff, so it should be useful.

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "That thing is not safe. The enemy has secret codes. We use their radio stations. Whatever we send is under their control. If the enemy deciphers our secret codes, the consequences will be disastrous."

At this time, many domestic factories and enterprises have also begun to vigorously develop our own walkie-talkies. Of course, a lot of things have to be seized from the front line and shipped to the country, including helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, and semi-automatic rifles. , fully automatic rifles, machine guns, recoilless guns, walkie-talkies, etc., as long as we do not have them, they must be shipped to the country for research and placement by our own people. At the end of the period, our army has independently developed walkie-talkies to make up for Outdated means of contacting the front line.

While they were chatting, the radio operator received a new round of orders from the military department, which was translated by the translator Zhao Guobang: "Master, the order from the military department has come down."

When everyone heard this, they got up quickly, and Xia Yuan also stood up with his sticks. During this time, they studied many retreat routes and plans, just for this moment, they looked at Master Zheng, but from his face Here comes the new change.

"Our plan was rejected. Our superiors allowed us to retreat, but we had to retreat from Tuidongli to Mapingli, where the [-]th Division would come to meet us."

(End of this chapter)